School Name: North Sumner Elementary

Arrival to School

Where do students go upon entering the building in the morning?

●     North Sumner Elementary is working to provide a safe environment for your students.  In order to mitigate student interaction to small cohorts (classroom group), students entering the building prior to 7:15 will be spaced in the instructional hallways by their designated classrooms, cafeteria or gymnasium.  This will limit the number of students with whom your child is exposed.

How will students socially distance in those areas?

●     Students will be seated with their individual classroom cohort.

 How will we move students from buses into the building?

●     Bus riders will enter the front of the building through the gym door.  Those students eating breakfast will go directly to the cafeteria.  Students not eating breakfast will go to their classroom cohort location.

 How will we move students from cars into the building?  Multiple points of entry?

●     Car riders will enter the building through the front entrance.  This will allow students to go directly to their cohort location or to the cafeteria for breakfast if applicable. Students not eating breakfast will enter through the gym door. 

●     Cohort Locations:

○     Students in fourth and fifth: Gym

○     Kindergarten: Outside Classroom

○     First Grade: Outside Classroom

○     Second Grade: Outside Library

○     Third Grade: Outside Classroom

Serving Meals

How will we serve breakfast?

●      Breakfast will be served with disposable trays and prepackaged eating utensils.  The cafeteria personnel will serve the students and follow proper food service precautions.  Students will be encouraged to remain spaced out in the breakfast serving line.

 Where will students eat breakfast?

●      Students will eat breakfast in the cafeteria with spacing being a primary concern.  Students will be paced by cohort to ensure safety for all.  .

 How will we serve lunch?

●      Lunch, like breakfast, will be served with disposable trays and prepackaged eating utensils.  Precautions are being taken to limit exposure of different classroom cohorts to each other during the lunch process.  Only one classroom cohort will be entering the serving area at a time.  

Where will students eat lunch?

●     Each classroom cohort will eat lunch together with space between them and other classrooms to mitigate student exposure to each other.  NSE has restructured the lunch schedule to provide half-capacity in the cafeteria during lunch times.  This will allow students to be properly social distanced.

 Will visitors be allowed at school?

●     In order to provide a safe environment for all students, visitors for lunch will not be allowed during the 2020-2021 School Year.  We hope you understand this precaution is to protect each child in the school building.

Class Transitions

How will we reduce traffic flow in the halls/common areas?

●     NSE has structured the school master schedule to lesson hallway traffic and large gatherings of students throughout the school day.  Every effort is being taken to make the school as accommodating for students and safe for students and school employees.

 What does recess look like?

●      In the past, an entire grade level has gone to recess at the same time on the playground. We realize and understand that the physical activity provided at recess is essential to child development and health.  In order to provide this needed release of energy and provide a safe environment for your student, recess will be divided for half capacity at designated recess areas. Two classroom cohorts will be on the playground at a time. Multiple play areas will be available to these cohorts: playground, field and track area.

●      Precautions will be taken to disinfect play equipment each day. As well as, students will wash hands or use hand sanitizer upon entry and dismissal of recess.

 How will we address student restroom breaks?

●     Restroom breaks will be scheduled to provide for each classroom cohort to utilize the hallway classrooms individually as a cohort.  Particular attention will be taken by the custodial staff to maintain clean and fresh restrooms as always.

Large Group Gatherings

How do we conduct assemblies?

●     Until such time as we can safely conduct whole school assemblies, we will refrain from having large group assemblies. Zoom or other web-based programs might be used for school-wide celebrations and instructional programs.

 Visitor Access to the building ?

●      In order to provide the healthiest school environment for your student, outside visitors to the school will be limited.  NSE appreciates its school family; however, lunch visitors will not be allowed for the 2020-2021 School Year.  We will continue to have IEP meetings and other needed meetings in the school office area.  We appreciate your understanding and patience with this matter.

Classrooms

How do we manage PE classrooms?

●      The school master schedule has been designed to provide additional time for the PE teacher to disinfect and clean play equipment and the gym between classes. When weather permits, the PE teacher will take students outside to various areas on the grounds for physical activity.

 What is our procedure/expectations for preventive cleaning in classrooms each period?

●     Related Arts and special education classrooms will be disinfected between each class.  

●     General classrooms will be disinfected while students are out of the room for lunch and Related Arts classes. Departmentalized grade levels will disinfect classrooms between each class rotation. 

 What will Title I, Special Education and Instructional Support during the day?

●     All adults will sanitize prior to entering and exiting a classroom.  As students transition from one class to another they will wash or utilize hand sanitizer.  Classrooms will be disinfected between instructional groups.  Schedules will be maximized to allow for proper cleaning. 

Sumner Connect

What is Sumner Connect?

For parents, Sumner Connect will provide training tutorials as they navigate Google Classroom, Skyward, and the GSuite tools. Sumner Connect will support teachers in their delivery of online instruction through Google Classroom and the integration of additional GSuite tools. Instruction during extended absences or closure will be provided by teachers through their Google Classrooms.

Clinic

What will clinic protocol look like for students coming to take medicine?

●      Students coming to the clinic to take medicines will enter the main office.  A trained individual will collect the student medicine and dispense it to the student.  This will prevent the student from coming in contact with sick students.

 What happens if a child or staff member becomes symptomatic?

●      If a staff member becomes symptomatic, the staff member  will be sent home and all district protocols will be followed.  Students will be removed from the classroom, the room will be disinfected, and students will return to the classroom with a substitute teacher.  Parents will be notified if a situation arises per Sumner County guidelines.

 Where is the isolation space in your building?

●      The isolation for NSE students is in a room adjacent to the front office.  Students who are in the isolation space will be in direct line of sight of an adult.

 What is the protocol for sick children?

●      Students that are sick will be placed in an isolation area after seeing the school nurse or office staff member.  Parents will be notified and NSE will follow all guidelines as directed by Sumner County Schools.

 What will the procedure be for taking midday temperature checks?

●      Midday temperature checks will occur before lunch using touchless thermometers.

●     Students will be checked by either the nurse, classroom teacher, or an office staff member after exiting the cafeteria.

●     All non-symptomatic students who are visiting the clinic for routine medicine or other needs will still have access to the clinic and school nurse.

●     If a student has a fever, we will:

○     Place the student in an area separate from all other students but in sight of an adult.

○     Contact parents/guardians for immediate pickup.

Dismissal

How will we dismiss bus riders?

●     All students will be dismissed from their classrooms. Bus numbers will be called over the intercom and students will be dismissed to their designated bus pick-up location.  A staff member will be positioned at each pick-up location to ensure the safe dismissal of students. First through third grade will dismiss out the middle door of the building. Kindergarten, fourth, and fifth graders will dismiss out the main entrance.

How will we dismiss car riders?

●     Car riders will be dismissed to the gym by cohorts.  Students will have designated seating locations that will limit their contact with others.  Students will be called individually to be dismissed as their parents arrive and will exit the building from the gym door.  Parents are asked to stay in their cars during dismissal in the car rider line. Please watch for loading changes and updates when you arrive.

 How will we prevent large groups of students from congregating?

●     Staff members will be assigned to multiple areas of the building to ensure students are not congregating and students are dismissed safely.

Co-Curriculars

What outside groups currently use my building?

●     NSE does not have any outside groups who use the building.

 How will we ensure common areas are routinely cleaned/sanitized (libraries, mobile labs, Chromebook carts, etc.)?

●      All shared instructional tools will be disinfected between use, this includes mobile devices and keyboards that are shared. NSE is 1:1 in most grades. Students will be assigned their own device to use while enrolled at NSE. It will be routinely sanitized. 

School Closure

How will we communicate to parents the district plan for school closures for classrooms, schools, and the district as a whole?

●     In the event of a school closure, NSE will notify parents by:

○     Remind

○     Social Media

○     School Messenger

○     Local News Stations

Communication

What communication platforms will be used this year?

●     North Sumner will communicate with all parents and students through:

○     Google Classroom

○     Remind

○     School Messenger

○     Social Media

○     School Website

○     School-wide text

Registration

What will registration look like?

Attendees of registration nights will be required to wear masks (guardians and students 13 years and older, due to the current Sumner County Executive Order that is in effect.)

●     In order to provide a safe environment for our students, North Sumner will have 3 registrations times available.

 Registration will be as follows:

●     Beginning July 15, parents are encouraged to complete on-line registration for their child.  If you are a returning student, you will NOT need to create a new account.  Please login to Skyward using your previous year’s login information.  If you need assistance, please reach out to the school office.

●     Only the child enrolling, and one guardian will be asked to attend following registration days.

●      July 27, 2020, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. students with last names A-I will attend registration.

●      July 27, 2020, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. students with last names J-P will attend registration.

●      July 28, 2020, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. students with last names Q-Z will attend registration.

●      When you arrive at the school, please look for signs and school personnel to direct you in the appropriate location.  Please remember to bring all required documents and remember enrolling on-line is encouraged, but not required.

 New Students who have not registered:

●     New Student Registration will be held July 22 from 9:00-2:00.

●     Please bring 2 proofs of residency for students who have been enrolled in another school.

●     If you are registering a new kindergarten student please bring a copy of the birth certificate, immunization records, 2 proofs of residence, and custody papers if applicable.                    

Online Learning

Sumner Virtual Academy:

Parents wishing to enroll their child into virtual learning will attend their zoned schools registration days.  Please bring all required registration paperwork (i.e. proof of residency, immunization forms, etc.) Students enrolled in Sumner Virtual Academy will not be allowed to participate in school sponsored extracurricular activities.